it's one of divisiveness, one of us versus then and it's the wrong choice for america. joining me now are two people who have been on the front lines for the fight for fairness in this country, lee saunders, and cecil richards, president of planned parenthood. thank you both for being here tonight. >> good evening, al. >> lee, let me start with you. i want to talk to you about something that's getting a lot of attention tonight. last night on an unscheduled conference call with evangelical christians, paul ryan was talking about the president's policies for america and he said, quote, it's a dangerous path. it's a path that grows government, restricts freedom and liberty, and compromises those values, those judeo-christian, western civilization values that made us such a great and exceptional nation in the first place. lee, what is mr. ryan really trying to say here? >> well, i think that i would flip it on them and ask them to maybe travel to new jersey, travel to new york, travel to connecticut where we had complete devastation last week with hurricane sandy and the f